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Perturbation in Long-Range Contacts Modulates the Kinetics of Amyloid Formation in α-Synuclein Familial Mutants.
ACS chemical neuroscience - 18 Oct 2017
Ranjan Priyatosh, Kumar Ashutosh
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The characteristic cross-β-sheet-rich amyloid fibril formation by intrinsically disordered α-synuclein proteins is one of the pathological hallmarks of Parkinson's disease. Although unstructured in solution, the presence of autoinhibitory long-range contacts in monomeric form prevents protein aggregation. Out of the various factors that affect the rate of amyloid formation, familial mutations play an important...
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